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Constantine VIII

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Emperor (1025–28); born 960/1, died Constantinople 12 Nov. 1028, according to Yaḥya.

Son of Romanos II, Constantine was crowned co-emperor probably 30 Mar. 962 (Oikonomides, Documents, pt.XIII [1965], 173–76). During ...

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